EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT CALLED ON ARMENIA AND TURKEY "TO TAKE REAL STEPS FOR RECONCILIATION"

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.10.2007 16:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Armenia and Turkey should take real steps for
reconciliation," Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European
Commission, said at a joint news conference with Armenian President
Robert Kocharian in Brussels.

When asked about European Commission’s attitude about passage of
the Armenian Genocide Resolution by the U.S. House Committee on
Foreign Affairs, Mr Barroso said," We stand against politicization
of delicate issues."

"The only way to resolve a painful issue is reconciliation, which
is one of the fundamental principles of the European integration
policy," he said. "We always remind Turkey of importance of neighborly
relations."